A bill for an act
relating to housing; requiring landlords to accept a tenant's individual taxpayer
identification number in lieu of a Social Security number; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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A landlord must provide on a rental application the option for a prospective tenant to
submit an individual taxpayer identification number or a Social Security number as follows:
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A landlord must not deny a rental application solely because the prospective tenant provided
an individual taxpayer identification number. Nothing in this section prevents a landlord
from denying an application if the consumer credit report attached to an individual taxpayer
identification number is insufficient.
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